Feathered Friday - More Swamp Birds

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Here are a few shots from another swamp I visited this week for #featheredfriday by @melinda010100

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Here is a good monomad photo of the swamp. All sorts of Canadian geese and other ducks like to graze on duckweed here.

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The swampy areas are really infested this year. At least the ducks and geese are eating well.

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The prairie weeds next to the swamp are full of goldfinches.

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I often crash through the prairie weeds and notice the goldfinches only a few feet from me. By the time I raise up my camera they fly off.

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It has been a bit hot and humid lately, many of the usual birds I see are molting. This robin might be a juvenile or just be molting heavily...

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As I neared the other side of he swamp I saw a group of wood ducks and they flew off before I could get a shot of them. They left behind a bunch of footprints in the mud lol.

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They escaped into the middle of the sludge.

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They eventually merged with a group of loud honking geese.

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Here is another group of wood ducks on their favorite dead branch perches next to the reeds. One of these days I have to crash through the reeds from the other side to try and get a closeup shot of these shy wood ducks.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)

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I think you did exceedingly well @dketch.and.jam given the challenges of the pond and sludge. I love your shots, it is a shame birds do not pose, hahaha. We would really get fantastic shots wouldn't we?

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They have a sixth sense, right when my camera focuses on them they often fly away. Cardinals are especially good at doing this.

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Makes for fun conversations though. The doves only need to hear movement from a distance and fly off. But the other morning I came out to lots of feathers and a couple of shredded parts of what was obviously a dove. So upsetting to see. Obviously a cat visited during the night😐

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A stunning selection of photos from the walk.

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Thanks, swamps are full of strange birds. Most are too cloaked by the prairie grasses and weeds.

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I am very interested in the pictures that you show, they are amazing, I like the pictures of birds the most.
Oh yes, your first picture is all ducks wild ducks.

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What interesting and unknown birds are there

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The fancy ducks are wood ducks the rest are Canadian geese then there might be some unknown grebes here and there too.

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Coooll shoot birdts ;))

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Thanks, they are always hanging around the swamp for a photoshoot.

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I think those birds love it because they are there to be photographed obviously and enjoy it hehe ;))

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